Artificial-stone sewer-cap.



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State of Massachusetts, have invented cerlowmg features ol construction and arrange- -UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

EDWAD F. KENNELLY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. ARTIFICIAL-STONE SEWER-CAP.

No. 901,536. specification of LettersV Patent. Patented oct. 2o, 1908. Application filed February 6, 1908. Serial N o. 414,590.

To all whom it may concern: band 10 for a purpose to be hereinafterde- Be it known that I, EDWARD F. KEN- scribed. The material of the body portion 5 NELLY, a citizen of the United States, residthus extends upwardly between the reinforcing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk andl tween and said band 10, serving to support the cover 9, yand said band 11 serving to prevent said cover from cracking or chipping the material at the outer edges of the cutout portion 8.

In molding the sewer cap as thus far described, the bands 10 and 11 are first inserted in their proper places, headed reinforcing boltsl 12 being thrust through the alined openings of the bands 1() and 11 and rovided with nuts 13 u on their ends, which bolts and nuts are emedded within the material of the body ortion 5 as shown.

In Fig. 1 of the rawings, I have illustrated a substantially rectangular wooden reinforcing frame 14, provided with internal metallic supporting rods 15, as described and claimed in my application above referred to, although I may j ust as well employ a supporting frame comprising an I-beam 140, of any shape, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The upper front edge of the body portion 5, above its recess 6, is provided with a U- Figure 1 1s a top plan view of a sewer cap shaped reinforcing band 16, seated therein constructed in accordance with my invenflush with the upper surface of said body portion, and partly broken away, to illustrate tion to form the edge thereof, the angular the reinforcing elements. Fig. 2 is a central ends 17 of said U-shaped band 16 being simivertical sectional view taken therethrough on larly seated for a short distance along the the line 2-2 of Fiv. 1, and Fig. 3 is a similar sides of said body portion, and having inview tak-en on theline 3-3 of Fig. l. turned extremities 18 extending within and In the practical embodiment of my invenadapted to be embedded within the material tion I provide a suitably molded artificial of the body portion 5. The band 16 is stone sewer cap comprising a rectangular further provided with bolts 19, extending body portion 5, having a recess 6, formed in within the material of the body portion 5, the end face of its front edge, and constitutand provided with nuts 20, similar to the ing the sewer inlet. The body portion 5 is bolts 12 and 13 of the man-hole reinforcing further formed with a central circular manbands. hole opening 7 therethrough, said opening By the construction as described, I am enhaving a circular cut out portion 8 extending abled to provide a rectangular flush sewer ca around its upper edge and formin a seat for which will be fully as durable as a natura the conventional form of man-ho e cover 9. stone construction, and which will in reality Seated within the wall of the opening 7 with retain its original form for a much longer its upper edge flush with the surface of the period inasmuch as chipping of the same is, cut out portion 3, is a reinforcing metallic to a great extent, prevented. band 10, having a plurality of openings there- I-Iaving fully described my invention, I in. Embedded within the materia of the claim: body portion 5 with its upper edge flush with 1. As a new article of manufacture, an arthe upper surface of the said body portion, tiiicial stone sewer cap having a central and extending around the cut out portion 8,.' man-hole opening therethrough, provided in parallelism with the band 10, is a second with a circular cut out portion extending reinforcing band 11, provided with openings around its upper edge to receive a suitable adapted to register with the openings of said cover, spaced concentric circular metallic retain new and useful Improvements in Artificial-Stone Caps, of which the following is a specification,

My invention relates to artificial stonev sewer caps, and particularly contemplates the provision of a device of this character which will be just as durable, while cheaper than natural stone.

My invention relates particularly to certain improvements in artificial stone sewer caps to be used in connection with my improved device of this character for which a plication for Letters Patent of the United tates was filed .Iuly 12, 1907, and bears Serial No. 383,503.

My invention specifically resides in the'folment to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals are used to designate like arts throughout the several figures, and in w ich,

ing bands 10 and 11, said material therebef inforcing bands partially embedded within the material of said sewer cap, and adapted to receive said material therebetween, to

i form the upper' edge thereof, and having its' l angular ends similarly forming the upper edge of the sides o'l said sewer cap for a short form the upper circular edges or' said mani distance thereon, and rovided with inturned hole o ening and said cut out portion, and extremities embedder within the material of provic ed with a plurality of alined openings, i said sewer cap, and anchoring bolts extending and anchoring bolts extending through said l inwardly from said reinforcing band and havopenings and having their inner ends proing their inner' ends provided with nuts emvided with nuts embedded within the mal bedded within the material of said sewer cap,

terial of said sewer cap, substantially as del substantially as described.

scribed. l In testimony whereoic I affix my signature .Zfisl a new article of nanuiacture, an l in presence of two witnesses.

`arti cia stone sewer ca avinO a recess formed upon the under spurface dbf its front EDWARD F KENNELLY' edge and constituting the sewer' inlet, and a Witnesses U-shaped reinforcing band partially em- JOHN L. FLETCHER,

bedded within the material ol' said cap tol MYRON G. CLEAR. 

